by Editorial Staff | Mar 27, 2013 | Budgets, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Lobbying, Official Reports, Policy - Personnel, Spotlight articles, Think Tanks, USA
On normal years the US Department of Defense goes through a complicated-enough process to establish and finalize its budget. But whereas FY 2012 offered a welcome return to normalcy after a very long continuing resolution, the budgeting cycle for fiscal year 2013...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 27, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Legal, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Russia, USA
* The US Defense Acquisition University will host a workshop on (Better Buying Poker) Better Buying Power in Fort Belvoir, VA, on April 9. On the agenda: should cost, data rights, performance-based logistics. * Australia’s phased withdrawal from Afghanistan will...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 26, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, France, L3 Communications, Logistics, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations
* The UK-based Guardian quotes US Brigadier General Steve Shapiro, director of the Materiel Enterprise Integration and Retrograde Operations Center, as saying he’s been “hearing about $6B in transportation costs” out of Afghanistan. Given such high...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 25, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Turkey
* Adam Liffa and Andrew Erickson try to shed some light on China’s military budget in China Quarterly. They’re saying the inflation-adjusted growth rate has been slowing down and converging with GDP growth, which itself has cooled down. This would amount...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 24, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, Radars, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance
S-2000 AEW&C(click to view full) In early October 2010, Saab Group announced an SEK 4.5 billion (about $671.5 million) contract to supply its Saab 2000 airborne early warning and control system (AEW&C), which includes “a Saab 2000 aircraft”...
